"Great" Pokemon... That Nobody Uses

These Pokemon all have incredibly high stats....but are kinda bad.
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[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

HAPPY JPR FRIDAY

[@Panda-gk6ip]

Hope you and your family are doing well JPR!

[@TheShadow1347]

9:41 my favorite cry in the anime

[@robertm5110]

Happy JPR Friday :)

[@ChevenGreen]

I always use goodra every game It has been available in

[@ldmtag]

Where's the japanese anime thememe?😐

[@esteban8471]

The mention that Gamefreak will probably forget about Paradox Pokémon makes me sad. I haven't seen a gimmick receive so much fanfare and fanart since Mega Evolution. I hope they at least incorporate them in Legends games or something.

[@rjd-kh8et]

I'm sure they'll at least appear in future games, like Ultra Beasts in Sword and Shield.

[@Mobtrapper-hq8is]

@@rjd-kh8et I was about to say that, as if the timelines aren't already complicated enough.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

Regional forms?

[@esteban8471]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 I mean in the sense that people started making their own fanmade Paradox forms. Regional variants are fan favorites, don't get me wrong, but I haven't seen as many people make their own, at least not to the same extent as Mega Evolution or Paradox Pokémon.

[@Mobtrapper-hq8is]

@@theamazingspooderman2697 imagine a steampunk version of every future paradox…now that would be great

[@Castersvarog]

In all fairness to Brute Bonnet, it’s kind of forced to be bad because gamefreak is justifiably scared of a fast spore user. Brute Bonnets stats are made the way it is so that even a timid 31iv and 252ev speed stat and 0iv attack stat is just one single point too high to prevent its speed from getting the boost.

[@MeatbagSlayer]

They could at least give him real moves

[@lasercraft32]

The fact that Goodra is pure dragon type is criminal... Dragon/Water is RIGHT THERE! My favorite dragon type Pokemon happens to be one of the worst psuedo-legendaries. :(

[@vrrfux4626]

making it evolve in rain and not gaining the water type might be worse than luxray not being electric dark

[@MrRuePine]

​@@vrrfux4626 At least it'd make sense for the former because of the inspiration (the line is based on the "blue dragon sea slug, it's a pun). The latter is just entirely because of the looks.

[@MrRuePine]

But hey, it could be worse; at least it has a ton of Sp. Def (and with a Lax nature, if you want to raise its Defense), so it's not that bad.

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Why would luxray be dark? Because it has dark fur? ​@@vrrfux4626

[@MeatbagSlayer]

Another sad part about Iron Thorns and Brute Bonnet is that their STAB options are dogshit. You're telling me your best physical Grass move is Loaded Dice Bullet Seed? No Knock Off either. And, in Iron Throns case, they're allergic to giving physical electric mons real options. And no, Jump Kick, but yellow isn't worth it

[@barbershopbible]

Did it get Supercell Slam?

[@MeatbagSlayer]

@@barbershopbible Supercell Slam *is* Jump Kick, but yellow

[@kailesperance1922]

Brute Bonnet gets Seed Bomb and Crunch for stab. Not the best, but reliable enough. Iron Thorns, however, has its best electric type move as Wild Charge. Supercell Slam is really bad in VGC due to how popular Protect is.

[@lasercraft32]

Mega Glalie's strategy being explosion makes thematic sense... If my jaw was dislocated like that I'd want to die too.

[@ViolaDragon621]

"Everyone forgets about Goodra" Pokémon artists definitely haven't

[@fryguywastaken]

PTSD activated

[@smackjack78]

Goodra doesn’t deserve to be “interneted”, it’s too pure for that

[@MrRuePine]

Don't bring up unhinged artists on our friend shaped slug friend.

[@Zactoshi]

I'm glad Greninja ain't on this list :)

[@harryalan9818]

Guzzlord has been described as the most dangerous and intimidating of all Ultra Beasts from generation seven, and should have a secondary antagonist role in the final season of "Sun and Moon" where the same Guzzlord (along with backup) invades the Alola league which should have been a two-parter.

[@tedscheett9420]

Well, at least we got AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

[@JustaGr8GuyHere]

I will always be bitter for how base Goodra got the short end of the stick. My gooey boy…!

[@rockowlgamer631]

The best they can do for Meganium is to rearrange its stats a tad, give it a better ability, and I also would say give it a secondary typing but then we'd have to worry about Feraligatr and Typhlosion missing out. If it were up to me to buff Meganium I'd go this route. First off rearrange those stats and also add 5 to the BST cause it's at 525 for some dumb reason. Here's the new stat line up. Hp- 80 ---> 88 Atk- 82 ---> 62 Def- 100 --> 110 SpAtk- 83 --> 120 SpDef- 100 --> 110 Speed- 80 ----> 40 Now this new version of Meganium IS slower but more bulky AND higher special attack, why did I make it slower? Well because of the new Hidden Ability that I'm gonna give it. Meganium will now have Triage at its hidden ability. (And if that's too strong than Thick Fat would work just fine). Along with Triage I'm giving Meganium a few new moves such as Draining Kiss, Floral Healing, Pollen Puff, etc. Moves which are affected by Triage. And if we were to give Meganium a 2nd typing then Fairy would make the most sense. Also with the slower speed it can now work in Trick Rooms, while NICHE surely it could find something right?

[@conansglasses2645]

3:19 isn't Brute bonnet technically " the original " 👀

[@anjansharma8631]

Wake up babe new jpr video just dropped (it's 1:30 am in my country)

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

this is truly a good morning

[@Shiny_Shuppet]

I love it! Goodra was my favorite from PLA... :(

[@jamiewalsh3349]

It's Hisuian form definitely wins the "most improved" award from its original. Well it and Zoroark really

[@TheBestEver1998]

Goodra has always been in a weird place. It should learn all kinds of status moves like a recover variant, maybe a signature move like Sticky Webb equivalent with slime, some way to increase it's bulkiness

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

If Slurpuff can learn Sticky Web, Goodra should.

[@Diembee]

11:24 ALRIGHT SAY IT WITH ME MEGANIUM BROS- Meganium actually has a pretty solid niche in GSC OU as a support mon with leech seed and screens, helping offensive sweepers set up safely. In fact, in smogon singles Meganium is actually the BEST of the three starters in its debut generation!

[@Mobtrapper-hq8is]

also I consider it the best Jhoto starter simply because, while Fire and Water are much better types for a team, you have plenty of other options for those, but nothing else besides maybe the NPC traded machop can counter Miltank as well as Bayleef can.

[@smackjack78]

Using base Goodra isn’t a smart idea given the Hisuian one put it out of a job and is pretty good, but I’ll still put my original gooey boy on the team because I love him that much (well, I love them both, but my point still stands)

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

The Virgin Goodra - Pretty slow - No secondary STAB - Not 4x weak to anything but still the worst -Not even the best Special Attacker of the Psuedos Vs The Chad Hydreigon -Fast enough to use Choice Scarf effectively -Gets a phenomenal secondary STAB in Dark Pulse -4x weak but still incredible in higher tiers and has a ton of coverage for its weaknesses -Best Special Attacker of the Psuedos

[@noviranger88]

Greg Biffle is helping repair the aftermath of Kyogre’s havoc on North Carolina!

[@misterzygarde6431]

If you ask me, they should've made Iron Thorns a Dark/Electric type and Goodra a Dragon/Water type and have it get Thick Fat, Maybe also make Brute Bonnet a Poison/Dark type by way of Mushrooms not being plants. Also imagine if Ampharos had Electric Surge as its Hidden Ability along with Rising Voltage.

[@astracontritus1209]

iron thorns *is* Rock/Electric though

[@Jlaps941]

Iron Thorns is rock/electric?

[@misterzygarde6431]

@@astracontritus1209 meant to say Dark/Electric

[@thedarkstar7045]

3:52 I'm so sorry bro

[@giorosiles2220]

So true

[@returnofskurk1633]

I'm gonna mention my favorite Pokemon, Electivire. Yes it got a new physical electric move through the DLC, but it's risky and not as high BP as Electivire needs. I don't know what Game Freak was thinking trying to make it work both as a physical electric type, but also has decent special attack for gen 4 standards. It just left it being slow enough to get outsped by fast mons and weak enough to get oneshot. You can say the same thing for Luxray.

[@Grand-Master_Owl]

One Pokémon I would like to point out is Hoopa (regular, not unbound) Hoopa has a great special attack and special defense, but has a lackluster hp, defense and speed, being 4× weak to both ghost and dark is extremely unfortunate since Knock off is very common on various Pokémon, even most fighting types typically carries Knock off for both coverage and utility. Having a mediocre 70 speed means it gets outsped by so many offensive Pokémon, unless it uses a choice scarf, however, Hoopa also commonly carries life orb for damage to make up for not having a super strong STAB move, psychic and shadow ball are not weak but not strong enough. Its issue is that it has to pick either scarf or life orb, without scarf Hoopa is food for faster sweepers and/or revenge killers, and without life orb, it's not strong enough to wallbreak. One final thing I would like to point out is that Hoopa has a mostly deadweight attack stat, if it's attack and speed stat were swapped, I believe Hoopa would find a niche,as for it's ability, instead of having the mostly useless Magician ability, I suggest it could have either Magic guard, Levitate, Prankster or Adaptability (at least one of them could be an excellent candidate for a hidden ability)

[@PaytonPaw124]

9:43 oh hey Arron

[@samueltitone5683]

Every time I see the future paradox Pokémon, even now, all I can think about is All Tomorrows and how buck wild “Pokémon billions of years in the future” could’ve been.

[@TheForeverRanger]

As someone who also plays the TCG, it is funny whenever I hear Mega Audino and Iron Thorns get mentioned because both have a World Championship to their name in the TCG although Iron Thorns is a little controversial to say the least.

[@acegamez2564]

"The majority of these Pokémon were designed to be war crimes" *Shows Flutter Mane* Raging Bolt:

[@blackfrieza6969]

6:59 I Love DBZ B3.

[@ct1542]

Iron Thorns is literally Mecha Godzilla and nobody uses him.

[@dimentdash]

Actually Fezandipiti does see play in OU as a niche pivot with Beat Up Toxic Chain as well as a good overall check to Darkrai.

[@gat0rcrazzi]

We miss that intro JPR 🥲

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Neitio might be one of those Pokémon. It is a Synchro Pokémon that has more move variety than Sānaito in Generation 3.

[@mudkipmercenary3647]

I really hate how Glalie is considered to be so bad whether in game, or competitive even with the mega evolution. Glalie is arguably my favorite ice type Pokémon, with it’s only real competition right now being Cetitan because of it’s pre evolution being so damn cute. I had a level 100 Glalie one time in my original sapphire version, and if the fairy type wasn’t a thing in alpha sapphire I’d have a Glalie as my last Pokémon instead of Gardevoir. I love this Pokémon, and it sucks to hear that it’s so bad in both casual and competitive. I’d even be willing to use Glalie even more in new runs of alpha sapphire if it wasn’t found so late in the game, and as mentioned fairy types and by extension Gardevoir exists.

[@RedDragonForce2]

@ 8:17 I like Mega Mewtwo X’s design, because it just enhances what was already there. Plus, my dumb brain never studied Psystrike and thought it was a physical move like Psycho Cut, instead of a Special Move dealing Physical Damage like Psyshock. I have since learned otherwise, but Mega Mewtwo X will always LOOK better aesthetically compared to Mega Mewtwo Y.

[@kidwilks]

Leaving work on a Friday night hearing "good morning everybody, goooood morning"

[@SlakSquad]

Thanks for always giving us great content JPR❤️

[@eljay13]

Seeing old shady p in the mega clips was a blast from the past

[@harryalan9818]

Meganium may forgettable and underwhelming but it happens to be one of my favorite Pokémon and definitely serves as the perfect fully evolved starter for Mallow from "Sun and Moon" (my favorite girl in the anime).

[@otakueve117]

I’m planing to use Goodra on my Violet playthrough and to see how they did my boy dirty is heart breaking.

[@a.p.studios8713]

Having only recently found out hydration goodra can instantly rest without sleep, I now seek to use one in a run

[@reesecarlton]

So regarding what was said about Mega Mewtwo, Mega Mewtwo Y is preferred in ORAS Ubers, that much is true. But in USM Ubers, there are a number of teams that benefit from Mewtwo X. It's commonly seen as a physically biased mixed attacker on teams that need faster options to deal with offense. It even manages to commonly fit Taunt into its movesets to punish pokemon looking to paralyze it, something that Mewtwo Y can't always afford. Mewtwo Y is still slightly better in USM Ubers in my opinion, but I wouldn't go so far as to say Mewtwo X doesn't get used

[@FvCqubub]

Dopo questo video, il mio ragazzo è convinto che possiamo fare un nostro spettacolo comico. Penso che valga la pena di provarci🍭

[@spongebabe27]

That montage of Guzzlord screaming had me rolling

[@jwanie366]

I've seen VGC players try to use these Pokémon when they were allowed. Unfortunately as expected, they weren't consistently successful with them. Maybe Gen 10 will buff them (or nerf others to make them somewhat more viable)

[@thatman666]

Well TCG says otherwise because Iron Thorns ex Deck is a menace towards players who are reliant to Rule Box Pokémon for their Abilities.

[@typemasters2871]

It would be nice if there was a Sp. Def version of Body Press Turn that 150 Sp. Def on Goodra into an offensive stat

[@BeIlG]

i really love goodra too. i think Dragonite barely edges it out but I love them both. Make goodra fly and I am even more in! :D

[@SuperEliasboi64]

If brute bonnet was named Unga Bungus I think it would get way more respect

[@abraham-kun4144]

What's the worst part of Archeops? He's the only Fossil Pokémon that has no second normal ability or Hidden Ability. Defeatist is the worst option and doesn't fit with him literally, at least should give him Intimidate, Solid Rock.

[@SonBlackHeart22]

I wish GF gave Flygon more buffs to make it viable or given it a mega form and change is type to bug dragon ;-;

[@BardockSkywalker]

0:50 One-Winged Bundle

[@Mobtrapper-hq8is]

I'm shocked to see that Kobalion isn't on this list.

[@MeatbagSlayer]

Cobalion is UU's universal constant.

[@Mobtrapper-hq8is]

@@MeatbagSlayer I thought that was Staraptor

[@MeatbagSlayer]

​@@Mobtrapper-hq8is Raptor getting sent to UUBL was a universal constant till SV. It was PU until a few days ago, now it's NU.

[@Mobtrapper-hq8is]

@@MeatbagSlayer and Kobalion isn’t even in Gen 9, what’s your point?

[@TheBasileman]

I still don’t understand why Goodra didn’t have a secondary Water typing

[@weebmeister-harry]

The room setup kinda 🔥 tho

[@RedDragonForce2]

@ 11:59 Meganium should have gotten the Dragon or Fairy Typing in Gen 6.

[@GameFreakSucks]

I think the other gen 2 starters should be dual typed as well

[@Tailsdude22]

All things said... I really don't go with the tropes, I use my favorites and have no problems even in the grand scheme of things. One of wich is without a doubt Goodra. Set up the rain with a few other water options and she hits undoubtedly hard.

[@simplexd575]

Yo it's been awhile since I watched a JPR video l.

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

Misleading title, I expected good Pokémon that are rarely used in casual runs, like Tauros and Chansey in Gen I.

[@TheSh4dowgale]

Meganium's only defense boosting move is reflect.

[@franknova987]

I shiny hunted my Iron Thorns because Mecha Godzilla

[@zking2929]

This just reveals how terrible the power creep is more than anything else.

[@KyuubiDragon4]

Can't Goodra learn Toxic and Rest though (through TMs if nothing else)? Yeah sure its level up move pool is lacking, but I'm pretty sure it still has access to some pretty nasty status stall options. Sorry, Goodra isn't just my favorite pseudo-legendary but my favorite Pokemon period, and while I know it's not the most popular pokemon I do think it's better than a lot of people give it credit for.

[@kyethememer9836]

I dont understand why regigigas and Archeops have to continue to be stuck with their awful abilities when powercreep is so prevalent. Especially with regigigas, there's been far more powerful legendaries post regigigas that have been introduced that dont have such drawbacks.

[@alexlee4154]

I thought that mega mewtwo y wasn't very widely used because lufe orb mewtwo had higher effective damage

[@alphamarigi]

0:46 Deliberd is powerful. A robot that looks like Deliberd is powerful. Why do people act like those things are the same thing?

[@JellyDuckyQuack]

Let’s be fair to iron thorns rock dark is not a better type than rock electric on the basis that fairy and steel are the best types in the game while u-turn is one of the best moves in the game and fighting is almost as bad as having a four times ground weakness

[@lucideirune1635]

Pikachu. Why can’t they just give Pikachu the stats it has in LG? Light Ball LG stat Pikachu would be similar to Deoxys Normal.

[@kraquervc2]

Man…This channel was basically made to talk about how bad stuff are in various ways in Pokémon franchise. Dude loves to point fingers. 😂 At least it’s informative and fun. 🎉

[@AngelPerez-tu1nk]

Your thumbnails for the "negative" videos are so mean xD! It's sad that these Pokémon don't get the love they deserve. That's why I have a love-hate relationship with competitive Pokémon xD. Goodra is such a sweetheart and Mewtwo should be peak in competitive, it's Mewtwo!

[@Vahria-2_Rivaha-4_]

I used both Goodra and the Hisuian Form, which is better.

[@Bloopyd]

this video made me want to play pokemon

[@mikhailsevillano7074]

Shoutout to young shady penguinn for making the video 😂

[@jolitero]

no wo chien mention?

[@tedscheett9420]

At least Iron Thorns is good in the TCG.

[@chinagovernmentoffical4305]

Goodra is thick mewtwo

[@ratman8186]

FIRST NO WAY Also happy JPR friday!!!

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

ayyyyyy

[@cheeseburgerlazers]

it is a good mornin since its my birthday :)

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Happy birthday!!!

[@sirotes8451]

Dudunsparce was robbed!

[@Stephdontmiss03]

Bro I been watching you sine you had 40K subs you deff got funnier

[@malikmiller2786]

Amazing video! 👍🤩🤟

[@wentoneisendon6502]

Good morning everybody good morning

[@EbubechukwuChukwuma-oy7cr]

No, not among us 4:01

[@austinpoppleton311]

Yo let's go! I love that 0:13

[@WestinHetzel-j6y]

I love mewtwo x

[@RayGunga13]

great

[@kyogre8078]

YO

[@Azure-Star]

I saw the thumbnail and just want to say that I use Goodra all the time. So don't say "nobody."

[@kenji1833]

first

[@yerushalaimnehereset]

Funny having Megas on that list. It's not like people don't WANT to use them. They CAN'T use them.

[@doginpillows20]

I mean... you can still play gen 6 OU or natdex if you play singles